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    Sonya Market

    4.8 (11 reviews)
    Closed • 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Mark C.

    Sonya Market also goes out to various festivals and cultural events throughout the valley. At these events, they sell sugar cane inspired drinks. My buddy and I tried out their large drink which cost $15 (it's $10 for a refill). We tried the honey kumquat and red sugarcane juice and although they were decent, they were definitely expensive for what it was. Thus, it might just make more sense to go to the physical location and buy tea, for what I assume, is better prices.

    Interesting Chinese herbal pills for a multitude of ailments.  Just ask.
    Wendy B.

    It seems that Mesa AZ is a great place to go to explore Far East culture. After eating an excellent, authentic Chinese meal next door, our curiosity got the better of us, and we timidly entered Sonya Market to see what exactly this was about. My first impression was the exotic, wonderful herbal smell that I associate undeniably with Chinatown, San Francisco. A quick glance around revealed shelves upon shelves filled with Chinese herbs, teas, medicinal products, jars filled with ugly fungus, personal products, candies, and snacks, very few of which I was familiar. I was warmly greeted by the wonderful owners, Sonya and her husband, whose name, unfortunately, I have forgotten. His personal story includes moving their young family from Southern California to Mesa AZ and opening this business for Sonya, while maintaining his own IT business. He immediately took me under his wing and escorted me down their many aisles, explaining the purpose for many of their products. A small table and 2 chairs were set next to the front counter, and this was where Sonya was seated, pouring rich black tea from a pretty teapot into small tea cups while chatting with her customer/friend in the other chair. The most fascinating display for me was the multiple shelves holding rows of huge, lidded glass jars. Each jar was labeled and contained some exotic-named (and very pricey) dried root, mushroom, or dried sea critter, each with a specific purpose in Chinese apothecary and cuisine. Their extensive knowledge and enthusiasm was quite palpable and made our visit a whole lot of fun. I ended up selecting a 16 oz bag of a dried, orangy root, similar to ginsing called Radix Fici Hirtae, for making a healthful tea that supposedly has a nice fruity fragrance and pleasant taste, or used as an ingredient for making a delicious chicken or pork broth with ginger. I can hardly wait to make some, even though I am somewhat clueless exactly how it should be done. It can't be all that hard, now can it? Sonya market also has an online business that will ship their products to you. For such a small shop, an hour whizzed by quite quickly. Thank you for your warm hospitality and time, making this a very memorable visit for me and my daughter.

    I completely cleared a shelf off just for everything that I bought so far, now I just need to get at all nice, organized, I'm pretty.

    Such an amazing place and experience. I've met so many great and good hearted people. I'm still learning, Sonya is very helpful and has the best and friendliest information.

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